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Senate narrows child-welfare language on medical cannabis after circling the bill
Summary
Senators circled then passed a third substitute of House Bill 365 clarifying how parental use of cannabis figures into child‑welfare proceedings; floor debate centered on protecting families while ensuring courts can act when children face harm.
The Senate took up third substitute House Bill 365, a bill that narrows and clarifies how parental cannabis use factors into determinations of child abuse, neglect and endangerment in child‑welfare proceedings. Concerned senators said new language had not been vetted in a Senate committee and feared it could remove criminal penalties; sponsors and supporters said the…
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